Linking geometric, mathematical and spatial skills
September 8, 2015
The longitudinal relationship between geometric, mathematical, and spatial skills in preschool and kindergarten To uncover the links between geometric, mathematical and spatial skills, this $17K 1-year project, led by Roberta Golinkoff, (subcontract from Temple Univ.) follows children from a previously completed longitudinal study into their kindergarten year. Testing will be …
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Teaching Fractions
September 8, 2015
The Center for Improving Learning of Fractions The Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $10 million grant to UD professor Nancy C. Jordan, Lynn Fuchs at Vanderbilt University and Robert Siegler at Carnegie Mellon University, to fund this 5-year research and development center aimed at understanding difficulties students have with …
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OIA brings medical technology into secondary classrooms
August 21, 2015
An interdisciplinary team of students and faculty from University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development and College of Engineering have developed unique curriculum kits, called Orthopaedics in Action (OIA), that teach science, mathematics and engineering concepts through medical experiments. OIA was created to bridge the gap between engineering …
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